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Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz are both vets, but Vance has taken digs at Walz's service, accusing the Minnesota governor of one of the most grievous charges possible in military circles.

The proposal to add golf courses and pickleball courts to Florida state parks drew harsh response from Republican lawmakers and subscribers to WUSF's Wake Up Call morning newsletter.

To win the White House, the Harris-Walz ticket will need to appeal to voters in purple areas, and maybe even red ones. We asked Democrats who live in those parts of the country what could make that happen.

More than 9 in 10 Americans support mandatory background checks for all gun buyers. That's one finding in a new NPR/Ipsos poll that shows an increasing level of support for gun control policies.

The fight has resurfaced long-brewing ruptures, especially in Republican-leaning or closely divided states, where some activists worry that failing to include such limits will sink chances of passing abortion protections.

Rough-and-tumble towns have popped up in areas once dominated by sleepy farming hamlets. Black gold has brought big-money jobs, but housing is expensive, crime has spiked, and water is running out.

With Gaza still under heavy fire and much of the strip reduced to rubble, it may seem premature to ask how Gaza will be rebuilt. But architects, social scientists, and others have long asked how Gazans can reclaim dignity and agency through the spaces they line in.

The more than half mile long wall, called the Blinkerwall, was likely used by Stone Age hunter-gatherers to herd reindeer toward a shooting blind.

A young poet and writer who lost his father to opioid addiction says there's nothing cool about what the drugs did to his dad. So why are peers trying to look like emaciated people with addiction?

U.S. soldiers are trying to deal a crippling blow to the Taliban in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni. It's one of the last major Taliban strongholds, but the American forces are trying to do the job on a short timetable.

The Crown brought us six seasons of high-quality, royal melodrama. The final episodes strain under the weight of that legacy — they are a quiet finish to the show's final season.

Hurricane Beryl has devastated several Caribbean Islands.

Carsie Blanton sings a protest anthem in "After the Revolution." Sabrina Carpenter channels a disco party with her catchy hit "Espresso." "Life Is," by Jessica Pratt, is an immediate, sweeping drama.

The spread of an avian flu virus in cattle has again brought public health attention to the potential for a global pandemic. Fighting it would depend, for now, on 1940s technology that makes vaccines from hens’ eggs.

David Greene talks to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who is one of 10 former diplomatic and national security officials to call on an appeals court to rule against key parts of the ban.

How are power grids in the western U.S. handling the current heat dome, and what needs to happen to ensure that power grids can keep up with rising temperatures and extreme weather?

A new law could mean bettors lose more money during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.

NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss which teams in the NFL are the Super Bowl title contenders, and controversy over high payrolls in Major League Baseball.

Now that the presidential race has narrowed to President Biden and the presumptive nominee, former President Donald Trump, we look at how they're kicking off their general election campaigns.

The GOP nominee has trained his eye even more squarely on the Golden State and its progressive record -- a line of attack he’s likely to lean into at tonight’s debate with Vice President Harris.

The EPA didn't ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had. Big problems were found in data submitted by Florida and Texas.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Republican strategist Scott Jennings about Republican leadership in in the U.S. Senate and House.

COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective but don't always provide perfect protection. Some vaccinated people later exposed to the virus still get sick. Why and how often that happens is under study.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with director Andrea Nix Fine and USWNT player Jessica McDonald about their new documentary LFG, which follows the U.S. Women's Soccer Team struggle for equal pay rights.